Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0North Battleford sits 31% below Saskatchewan’s towns on home values
Owners put the median home at $224,000 at the 2021 census; for Saskatchewan’s towns the median is $324,000. Sale prices aren’t published in Saskatchewan: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for North Battleford. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $171,000.
Two ways to price a home in North Battleford
Each source sits beside its own median for Saskatchewan’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $237K
- Owners
- 3,645
- Saskatchewan’s towns
- $324K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Saskatchewan’s towns
- $219K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
A detached house in North Battleford is assessed 24% lower than across Saskatchewan’s towns
Assessors listed 5,090 residential properties in North Battleford for 2024, 82% of them detached houses and 9% condos.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Saskatchewan’s towns
Canadian Housing Statistics Program, table 46-10-0093 (2024): residential properties on the assessment roll, vacant land left out. The ticks are the median of Saskatchewan’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
25% of North Battleford’s homes predate 1961, against 17% for Saskatchewan’s towns
At the 2021 census, 69% of North Battleford’s 5,695 occupied homes were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Saskatchewan’s towns
Homes by kind
| North Battleford | Saskatchewan | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 8% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 9% | 7% | 7% |
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada): occupied private dwellings; core housing need as Statistics Canada defines it. Ticks and columns are medians of the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more.
North Battleford permitted 3.3 new homes a year per 1,000, close to the 3.8 of Saskatchewan’s towns
North Battleford issued permits for 101 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 17 a year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 15%, where Saskatchewan’s towns built 81%.
Most in 2022: 58 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Statistics Canada, tables 46-10-0087 (building permits by census subdivision, 2018–2023: dwelling units created, new construction and conversions) and 34-10-0292 (monthly, metro areas). Per 1,000: units a year over 2019–2023 against occupied homes in 2021.
North Battleford against Saskatchewan’s towns: 31% under the $324,000 median
104 of Saskatchewan’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Home values around North Battleford
The places around North Battleford at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Battleford | $224K | $237K | 64% | |
| Battleford | $296K | $299K | 78% | 5.2 |
| Battle River No. 438 | $300K | $324K | 95% | 13.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in North Battleford
Is North Battleford expensive for Saskatchewan?
On census values, North Battleford sits among the cheaper of Saskatchewan’s towns (median $324,000).
How many households in North Battleford are in core housing need?
In line with Saskatchewan’s towns (7%): 9% in North Battleford, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program · Statistics Canada, building permits (tables 46-10-0087 and 34-10-0292). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).